You're signing up for an absolute meat grinder of a job with the hope that you can someday stabilize it and build something that could be put on cruise control or sold.As for tactical advice, tap into your network and alumni network.

It was ok for a newbie like me at the time however it was horrible.  

I carry my phone with me at all times, and approve all requests within a few minutes if I can.  

What does that mean for your house if there has been meth use or someone cooking meth in your house?

I wanted to avoid all that since that (i am assuming) will make things complicated for me not to mention the timely payment of rent.i am in Chicago cook county and in loop..

That's been the dilemma for me at least... 

It's all Greek to me at this point. 

Pricing just made sense for me at the time.

As for myself, I have been an agent for 8 years and have been dealing with tenants and tenant screening ever since I started so for me it's something I'm good at, have systems in place to minimize the time it takes from my day, and is something I couldn't imagine paying someone else to do for me at this stage of my investing "career".

I actually ended up deciding that quickbooks wasn't even worth it for me at this point.